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The Mississippi River in spring
While the media tends to focus on the debilitating effects of flooding – and there are many – the villages and cities along the river in Driftless Wisconsin remain open for business. For example, while “Main Street” – a residential street running along the...
Dropping into the Kickapoo Valley
On this day, a coniferous forest accessible by hiking, biking, and horse trails greets me at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve boundary. ‘Old’ Highway 131 now serves as a trailhead leading into the Reserve’s interior. Signs announce that trails will soon be...
A Road Trip through Amish Country
A road trip through Driftless Wisconsin represents a casual excursion of discovery. On this particular day, I set out to see some of the northern stretches of Driftless Wisconsin. Even for someone who lives here, every day in Driftless Wisconsin is an adventure.I...
Spring Is Coming
I went down to one of our many boat landings on a sunny Sunday afternoon in late February. Perhaps I was thinking wishfully or maybe making sure I remembered the way. I found no anglers checking their lures, kids donning their life jackets, or boaters waiting their...
Exploring the Driftless Wisconsin Map
After sharing the prize with her co-conspirator – her dog Rox, looking a little droopy-eared from indigestion – Reese greeted mom at the bathroom door. Face, fingers, and pajamas plastered in Cheeto dust, Reese gave mom a grin like a prospector who had just struck...
Eagle Watching in Driftless Wisconsin
The regal gathering has the feel of a formal affair, with the proud birds dressed in white-feathered headdresses and tails befitting royal heads of state. The occasion for this stately dinner – a farmer has spread fish remains on his cornfield for spring planting –...
A Little Tranquility
I experienced that “new” feeling once. I was returning from a “vacation” in Florida, where bumper-to-bump traffic was the norm and every time you turned around, someone was standing in your shoes. After fighting airport crowds and searching the airport ramp for my...
Winter Fun
Our kids gave us snowshoes for Christmas and we’re still learning how to dance with flat-bottom boats tied to our feet. I can’t imagine a more efficient mode of navigating winter’s terrain, if you can dismiss for a moment the less than graceful image of me waddling...
Dreaming about Vacations
I’m wrapped in my wife’s quilt watching a ninth-tier bowl game. Riley, our golden retriever, is curled at my feet and Boris the cat sleeps sprawled over a heat vent. Seems like a good time to plan a warm-weather vacation. No, not Florida; Driftless Wisconsin, where...
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